As the rest of my study abroad group flew home to the United States, I was lucky enough to stay a few extra weeks to tour around Austria and Germany with my family. Our vacation started in Salzburg, where I was able to show my family all of my favorite […]
If I’ve learned anything in this past month abroad, it’s this: Beer is delicious. Coming here, I never understood why people in Austria and Germany looked at beer the same way I look at my pet dog – like they can’t live without it. It’s just a drink, and it […]
So far, the drinking culture in Austria has been sort of low-key. All Europeans seem to want to do is sit in cafés and biergartens with their friends or neighbors to have a few beers and glasses of wine and simply relax. I didn’t notice a shift in this community-style […]
Beer has been around for a very long time. Since its creation, the brewing process has been tweaked throughout the years to ensure that people make the best, and most delicious brews for beer lovers to try. This past week was my first time learning about beer on an academic […]
The Augustiner Braustubl is the oldest biergarten in Salzburg. It serves only one beer that has been exactly the same since 1621. The beer is a lager; it is not a wheat beer, nor is it very hoppy. But it is absolutely delicious. You can order this beer in a […]